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Published 17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST

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North Northamptonshire Council Refurbishment of Autumn Day Centre, Corby

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-05f458
Creator: North Northamptonshire Council
Published: 2026-09-17T09:16:20.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Official notice

Authority:North Northamptonshire Council(Local Council)

works

Below threshold - open competition

Below threshold

SME suitable

VCSE suitable

Sectors:

Construction & Civil Engineering (45)

Delivery:

East Midlands (UKF2)

Published estimate

£190,000

≈ £228,125 / year · 1 value update in timeline

Submission deadline

19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

32d 0h leftTypical competition: 4 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=66 bid reports

Lots published

Lots published in procedure

Contract duration

10 months

Starts 5 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification

Tenderline summary generated from the published notice

Executive Summary: North Northamptonshire Council: "North Northamptonshire Council Refurbishment of Autumn Day Centre, Corby". Published status: active. Published value: £190,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

Official Requirement Description:

North Northamptonshire Council (here after referred to as 'the Council) are looking to procure a principal contractor to undertake a range of refurbishment works required at a Public Health dementia facility. As the centre is dated and in need of modernisation, the Council have engaged with a specialist architect to develop the design and reconfiguration with a focus on a dementia friendly environment. The key areas of focus include improving overall layout, including accessibility and areas of movement whilst applying dementia-friendly design principles. Other upgrades include reconfiguration works, modernising the utilities, improving lighting and installing safety features such as non-slip flooring and additional handrails. The Council are undertaking this procurement on behalf of Public Health, the University of Northampton and the Autumn Centre. The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement process. All documents and communications issued by the Council Procurement Team will be sent via the Council's e-Procurement portal, ProContract, which is provided by PROACTIS The Council require any potential organisation to submit their interest via the Council's e-procurement portal, ProContract, located at https://procontract.due-north.com/Login All interested organisations must have a free ProContract account to be able to access this procurement.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure

Published by the contracting authority

Lot #1
Lot 1
active
Published value£190,000
The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
Contract period:
5 Jan 2027 — 4 Nov 2027 (10 mo)
Eligibility:
SME eligible
VCSE eligible
Turnover benchmark:
~£456,250/yr
Award criteria (4)

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice

Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.

Evaluation weighting

Quality: 80

Price: 120

Published as relative weights, not percentage points.

Published sub-criteria

Quality — 40
Quality — 40
Price — 60
Price — 60

Published terms

Contract duration10 months

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How North Northamptonshire Council buys Other building completion work (CPV 4545) — and who usually turns up

North Northamptonshire Council’s own published record, next to the East Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

North Northamptonshire Council

contract notices in 36 months: 7 in CPV 4545 (1 direct) · 34 in division 45 (3 direct) · 130 in all categories (22 direct)

Bids per lot5.5division 45 · 36m · n=12 lots

Single-bid lots0%division 45 · 36m · n=12 lots

Award vs estimate9% belowdivision 45 · 36m · n=9 pairs

Deadline → award32ddivision 45 · 36m · n=10 notices

Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=340 notices

Awarded without competition14%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=7 notices

Bids per lot robust · n=12

1 bid 0%
2–3 25%
4–6 33%
7+ 42%

Median 5.5 · 12 lots on 12 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9

Below estimate 67%
Within ±2% 22%
Above estimate 11%

9 lot pairs · division 45.

The market · delivery region

East Midlands · Other building completion work (CPV 4545)

contract notices delivered in East Midlands in 36 months: 94 in CPV 4545 (86 contested) · 1,259 in division 45 (1,157 contested)

Bids per lot5CPV 4545 · 36m · n=24 lots

Single-bid lots4%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=24 lots

Award vs estimate6% aboveCPV 4545 · 36m · n=13 pairs

Deadline → award43dCPV 4545 · 36m · n=12 notices

SME bidders70%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=10 lots

Winners based in the region74%CPV 4545 · 36m · n=34 awards

Bids per lot robust · n=24

1 bid 4%
2–3 21%
4–6 54%
7+ 21%

Median 5 · 24 lots on 15 contested notices · CPV 4545.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=13

Below estimate 31%
Within ±2% 15%
Above estimate 54%

13 lot pairs · CPV 4545.

robust · n=9 Awards in North Northamptonshire Council (division 45, n=9 pairs) land a median 9% below: on this notice’s £190,000 that is about £172,710. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care

Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
“Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure method	Below threshold - open competition	Legal basis	UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023	Procurement category	works
Notice status	Open for tender	Procurement threshold	Sub-threshold	Regulatory regime	Standard commercial regime
Commercial structure	Stand-alone contract (No framework)	Competition type	Competitive procedure	GPA WTO covered	Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement	No (One-off requirement)	First published	17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST	Last source update	17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
Classification (CPV)	Overhaul and refurbishment work
Delivery area	East Midlands (UKF2)
Official Registry OCID	`ocds-h6vhtk-05f458`

How to participate & submission route

Official notice

Submit via ProContract (Due North)

Authorized E-Sourcing Portal

ProContract (Due North) ↗

Supplier login required

Online submission allowed

Open official portal workspace ↗

Access & Registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Expression of interest (EOI)	—	Tender submission deadline	19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST	Clarification deadline	None published in notice
Submission channel	Official e-sourcing portal	Electronic submission	Allowed	Accepted languages	English (en)
Participation fee	Free of charge (Open access)

Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts

From official release

The Council is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement process. All documents and communications issued by the Council Procurement Team will be sent via the Council's e-Procurement portal, ProContract, which is provided by PROACTIS The Council require any potential organisation to submit their interest via the Council's e-procurement portal, ProContract, located at procontract.due-north.com/Login All interested organisations must have a free ProContract account to be able to access this procurement.

Timeline

Pipeline notice
11 Dec 2025, 17:40 GMT
Procedure published
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
engagement
15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
To support the Council in this process we ask that all potential and interested providers please contact the Council at [email protected] for further information. All responses to this PME must be submitted to the Council either on or before 15th January 2026. All requests for information and any responses must be sent to [email protected]
Submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published

Contracts (0)No contract published

Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

6 lines · 6 source events

Published value updated to £190,000
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
Status changed to active
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
procurement method changed
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
Submission deadline changed to 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
Official notice release published
17 Sept 2026, 10:16 BST
Official notice release published
11 Dec 2025, 17:40 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies